New Zealand says new NATO partnership to be concluded in 'coming months'

FILE PHOTO: New Zealand's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Peters attends a meeting of the North Atlantic Council with Indo-Pacific partners at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/Pool/File Photo

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand is committed to working more closely with NATO partners to support collective security and expects to conclude negotiations on its partnership agreement with NATO in the "coming months," Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Friday.

"New Zealand is committed to working together with NATO partners to contribute to collective security, such as through our support for Ukraine's self-defence," Peters said after attending the NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs meeting in Brussels on April 3-4.